ANALYSIS ON VARIOUS FACTORS AFFECTING PRESSURE DROP ALONG THE GAS TRANSPORTATION PIPELINE DESIGN

The final year project in its present form is to analyze the various factors effecting on
pressure drop along the gas transportation pipeline design by using PIPESIM
software. Initially to analyze the effect of factor that can cause the pressure drop
along the gas transportation design. Typically author will focus on four main factors ,
Elevation: conversion of fluid potential energy into hydrostatic pressure, Friction
(roughness) : shear stress between pipe wall and gas, Start node Temperature, Pipe
sizing, which will cause the pressure drop along the gas pipeline. Consideration of
pipeline transportation is very important before designing the gas transportation
pipeline. There are majors problem may occur if failure to analyze on the pressure
drop during designing the gas transportation pipeline. The result will be failure to
fulfill the customer desire pressure and flow rate and it may lost the large amount of
profit.
Author will develop the graphical relationship between these five main factors
effecting on the pressure drop in this research. Designing a small model of gas
transportation pipeline, simulating by PIPESIM software, analysis on outcome
results are main criteria of this project. Brief introduction on project, theory and
literature review of the project, methodology and project activities will be included in
the report.